BASE Project - Implementation of the Baltic Sea Action Plan in Russia Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission Report on the Status of HELCOM hot spots in Russia Pilot Activity Preparation of hot spots report including hot spot ques- tionnaire - Report on the status of HELCOM hot spots in Russia. Annex to the HELCOM Final Report on Implementation of the Baltic Sea Joint Comprehensive En- vironmental Action Programme (JCP) 1992-2013 (Hot Spots Component) Implemented by (Main Consultant) LTD «Ecological Monitoring, Management, Audit and Con- sulting» (EcoMMAK) Report compilation and general conclusions by Sergey Kondratenko, Yulija Ruigite, Andrey Aldushin For bibliographic purposes this document HELCOM 2014, BASE project 2012-2014: Pilot activity on should be cited as preparation of hot spots report including hot spot ques- tionnaire - Report on the status of HELCOM hot spots in Russia. English editing by Howard McKee, Key Image Ltd Design and layout HELCOM Secretariat Cover photo ‘Krasny Bor landfill’ EcoMMAK Ltd Back cover Johanna Laurila Implemented in the framework of: Project Implementation of the Baltic Sea Action Plan in Russia (BASE) Funded by European Union Implemented by HELCOM Secretariat and St. Petersburg Public Organisation ‘Ecology and Business’ Following the decision of the HELCOM Moscow Ministerial Meeting (2010), the report on current status of the Russian hot spots was presented to the HELCOM Copenhagen Ministerial Meeting in 2013. This report does not necessarily represent the views of HELCOM. HELCOM does not assume responsibility for the content of the report. Information included in this publication or extracts thereof are free for citation on the condition that the complete reference of the publication is given as stated above. Copyright 2014 Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission HELCOM Content Executive summary....................................................................................................................................... 6 Introduction ………………………………………………………..……………………………………………………………………………… 23 St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad and Leningrad Regions HELCOM’s hot spots survey ...................................... 25 1. St. Petersburg ......................................................................................................................................... 24 General characteristic of St. Petersburg’s hot spots (Sewerage treatment plant; collectors) ................... 24 Description of the new hot spot No. 18 – Sewage water treatment in St. Petersburg ................... 27 Conclusion……………….. ................................................................................................................................ 31 City dumps, Hot Spot No. 23 Hazardous waste landfill. State Unitary Nature conservation Enterprise (SUNE) Krasny Bor landfill ....................................................................................................................................... 32 General characteristics ............................................................................................................................... 32 Environmental activities for the improvement of the hot spot during 1992-2003 ......................... 33 Situation at the landfill by the end of 2002 ..................................................................................... 34 Current state of the Krasny Bor landfill ............................................................................................ 34 The main parameters of the environmental impact ........................................................................ 38 Results of the monitoring of the environmental components ........................................................ 39 Planned environmental protection activities ................................................................................... 41 Activities necessary for removing the company from the HELCOM’s list of hot spots .................... 41 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................. 41 2. Leningrad Region .................................................................................................................................... 44 Hot spot No. 14 - The Syaskiy Pulp and Paper Mill (PPM) ............................................................... 44 Current state of the Syaskiy PPM (see Figure 6) ........................................................................................ 46 The main parameters of the environmental impact ........................................................................ 49 Emissions to the atmosphere ........................................................................................................... 51 Results of the monitoring of environmental components ............................................................... 52 Planned environmental activities ..................................................................................................... 54 Activities necessary to remove the company from HELCOM’s list of hot spots .............................. 57 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................. 57 Hot spot No. 15 Volkhov aluminium plant (Metakhim Ltd.) ............................................................ 57 General characteristic................................................................................................................................. 57 Condition of the plant by 2003 ........................................................................................................ 58 Current state of the plant................................................................................................................. 59 Monitoring environmental components .......................................................................................... 61 Planned environmental activities ..................................................................................................... 61 Environmental components monitoring .......................................................................................... 64 Planned environmental activities ..................................................................................................... 65 Comparison of the current negative impact on environment and for the previous reporting periods .... 66 2 Activities necessary for removing the company from the HELCOM list of hot spots ................................ 66 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................. 67 Hot spot No. 24 Large livestock farms (sewage water treatment and sediment treatment) .................... 71 General characteristics ............................................................................................................................... 71 Condition of the hot spot by 2003 ................................................................................................... 71 Current condition of the hot spot .................................................................................................... 72 Current state of the livestock sector in Leningrad Region ............................................................... 74 Planned activities to improve situation ........................................................................................... 83 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................. 84 3. Kaliningrad Region .................................................................................................................................. 85 Hot spot No. 49 Sovietsk PPM .......................................................................................................... 85 History of the development of the enterprise ................................................................................. 85 Characteristics of the bark dump of the OJSC Sovietsk Pulp and Paper Mill ................................... 93 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................. 94 Hot spot No. 50 Neman PPM Ltd. (Neman PPM) ............................................................................. 94 History and development ................................................................................................................. 94 The period of operations of the North-West Timber Company ...................................................... 96 Recommendations ...................................................................................................................................... 96 The current state ............................................................................................................................ 100 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................................... 102 Hot spot No. 67 Sewage water treatment plant of Kaliningrad ..................................................... 104 Results of the monitoring in the Kaliningrad Lagoon as the water-body receiver. ....................... 109 Analysis of the compliance of the treatment